The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 2167
Last Quarter
50.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3027
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.37° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.45° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.